Yong Dae Kang, New York  : So many people raise their voices for democracy. Some of them also claim to be Christians. The world of Christianity is a kingdom, not a democracy. God is the creator of all and he came to this world as Jesus the king of kings. If you repent of your sinful nature and convert to the cause of Christ, you are a Christian, a servant of God.

Apostle Paul, a Christian, calls himself a slave of God and a servant of God, just about interchangeably. Christians claim Jesus as their Lord and savior. Jesus saved them from the way of the flesh and so they belong to him. Christians do not trust their own heart. Heart is flesh. From the heart comes the thoughts of envy, lies, slander, malice, murder. Heart keeps the rest of the flesh going. Brain is flesh and is useless unless the heart keeps pumping blood to the rest of the body.

The life of a Christian is a life of hardship and suffering. Jesus himself says to daily take up your own cross and follow after him. He means go get crucified each and everyday. Jesus is not some cosmic Santa Claus, a spiritual slot machine that rewards you with things of this world. Jesus says the world hated him enough to crucify him and that it would do the same to those who follow him. He says that there will be trials and tribulation but be of good courage for he has overcome the world.

He says do not return evil for evil. When a person does to you what they know how to from their own hearts, don’t return in kind. Jesus says overcome evil with good. Don’t do what your heart tells you to do, do what God tells you to do. Jesus says there is no one who is righteous in this world. God is the only good in this world.

Jesus says that either you’re with him or you’re against him. If you are not getting crucified yourself, you are putting the nail in somebody else’s cross. There is no middle ground. Jesus says the ones that endure till the end will be rewarded. What reward? Jesus says that unless you go through him you shall in no way see the kingdom of heaven.